A company that manufactures magnetic membrane switches is investigating two production options that have the estimated cash flows shown ($1 million units) in Table below. Which or should be selected on the basis of Present Worth (PW) analysis at 10% per year? In-house Contract First cost, $ Annual cost, $ per year Annual income, $ per year Salvage value, $ Life, years -30 -5 -2 14 3.1
A company that manufactures magnetic membrane switches is investigating two production options that have the estimated cash flows shown ($1 million units) in Table below. Which or should be selected on the basis of Present Worth (PW) analysis at 10% per year? In-house Contract First cost, $ Annual cost, $ per year Annual income, $ per year Salvage value, $ Life, years -30 -5 -2 14 3.1
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Transcribed Image Text:A company that manufactures magnetic membrane switches is investigating two production
options that have the estimated cash flows shown ($1 million units) in Table below. Which one
should be selected on the basis of Present Worth (PW) analysis at 10% per year?
In-house
Contract
First cost, $
Annual cost, $
Annual income, $ per year
Salvage value, $
Life, years
-30
per year
-5
-2
14
3.1
10%
TABLE 15
Discrete Cash Flow: Compound Interest Factors
10%
Single Payments
Uniform Series Payments
Arithmetic Gradients
Compound
Present
Worth
Sinking
Fund
Compound
Capital
Recovery
A/P
Present
Gradient
Gradient
Amount
Amount
Worth
Present Worth
Uniform Series
F/P
P/F
A/F
F/A
P/A
P/G
A/G
1
1.1000
0.9091
1.00000
1.0000
1.10000
0.9091
1.2100
0.8264
0.47619
2.1000
0.57619
1.7355
0.8264
0.4762
3
1.3310
0.7513
0.30211
3.3100
0.40211
2.4869
2.3291
0.9366
4
1.4641
0.6830
0.21547
4.6410
0.31547
3.1699
4.3781
1.3812
0.6209
0.5645
0.5132
1.6105
0.16380
6.1051
0.26380
3.7908
6.8618
1.8101
6
1.7716
0.12961
7.7156
0.22961
4.3553
9.6842
2.2236
7
1.9487
0.10541
9.4872
0.20541
4.8684
12.7631
2.6216
8
2.1436
0.4665
0.08744
11.4359
0.18744
5.3349
16.0287
3.0045
9
2.3579
0.4241
0.07364
13.5795
0.17364
5.7590
19.4215
3.3724
10
2.5937
0.3855
0.06275
15.9374
0.16275
6.1446
22.8913
3.7255
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